God’s Sabbath
The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. Exodus 20:10. When God created the earth and placed human beings upon it, He divided time into seven periods. Six He gave to us for our own use, to employ in secular business; one He reserved for Himself. Having rested on the seventh day, […]
The End of Patience
And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever.” Genesis 6:3. In Noah’s day all people were not in the fullest sense heathen idolaters…. The class who professed a knowledge of God were the ones who had the greatest influence and took the lead in making of none effect His word spoken […]
Noah’s Unwavering Obedience
Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. Genesis 6:9. How simple and childlike amid the unbelief of the world was the faith of Noah…. His faith was perfected by his works. He gave to the world an example in believing just what God had said. He commenced under the […]
Build an Ark, Noah
Make yourself an ark of gopherwood. Genesis 6:14. In how short a time from the first sin of Adam did sin increase and spread like the leprosy. It is the nature of sin to increase. From generation to generation sin has spread like a contagious disease. Hatred of God’s law and—as the sure result—hatred of […]
As in the Days of Noah
Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth. Genesis 6:5. The inhabitants of the world at this time are represented by the dwellers upon the earth at the time of the Flood. The wickedness of the antediluvians is plainly stated, “And God saw that the wickedness of man was […]
Forerunner of Christ
He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, “to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,” and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. Luke 1:17. In John the Baptist God raised up a messenger to prepare the […]
